#F0AE4C#F0AE4C

#F0AE4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.136 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F0AE4C
RGB	rgb(240, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(36, 85%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 68.3%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 14.88, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 59.93, 75.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% 0.0374 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.136 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3792, 49.3233, 13.5977)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F0AE4C #4C8EF0

analogous

#F05C4C #F0AE4C #E0F04C

triadic

#F0AE4C #4CF0AE #AE4CF0

tetradic

#F0AE4C #4CF05C #4C8EF0 #F04CE0

square

#F0AE4C #4CF05C #4C8EF0 #F04CE0

split-complementary

#F0AE4C #4CE0F0 #5C4CF0

monochromatic

#B3710F #EB9414 #F0AE4C #F5C884 #F9E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#F0AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#F0AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F0AE4C

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F0AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F0AE4C	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f0ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(240, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.136 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fac682',
    500: '#f0ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f0ae4c;
$custom-light: #fac682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f0ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 240,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.854,
    "s": 84.536,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79558,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F0AE4C

secondary

#AEC6EA

accent

#5DE104

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #F0AE4C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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